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	Astronomy Answers: Universe Family Tree: Moon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		This table shows the moons that are on average the furthest from or the closest to the center of their planet, measured in units of 1000 km.
		The orbits of moons that are far enough away from their planet are influenced by the gravity of the Sun.
		The next table shows the moons with the highest and lowest equilibrium temperature (average surface temperature), based on the visual geometric albedo of the moons, and measured in kelvin (K) and degrees Celsius (°C).
	www.astro.uu.nl /~strous/AA/en/boom/maan.html (871 words)

	Encyclopedia: Prospero (moon) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Moons of solar system scaled to Earths Moon The common noun moon (not capitalized) is used to mean any natural satellite of the other planets.
		Atmospheric pressure 0 kPa Rosalind (ROZ a lind or ROZE a lind) is a moon of Uranus.
		Sycorax (SIK or aks) is a moon of Uranus.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Prospero-%28moon%29 (1241 words)

	Encyclopedia: Miranda (moon) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Inclination is one of the six orbital parameters describing the shape and orientation of a celestial orbit and is the angular distance of the orbital plane from the plane of the reference (usually planets equator or the ecliptic), stated in degrees.
		During the flyby the southern hemisphere of the moon was pointed towards the Sun so only it was studied.
		It was a fortunate coincidence that the moon passed by at the closest distance by Voyager 2 turned out to be the geologically most active body in the Uranus system.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Miranda-%28moon%29 (1858 words)

	Puck (moon) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Puck is the sixth-largest of Uranus' moons; it is intermediate in size between Miranda and Portia.
		Most of the moons of Uranus are named after characters in the plays of William Shakespeare or the poems of Alexander Pope.
		In Celtic mythology and English folklore, a Puck is a mischievous sprite, imagined as an evil demon by Christians; the moon is named after the Puck who appears in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, in which he travels around the globe at night with the fairies.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Puck_(moon) (181 words)

	Miranda (moon) - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		It is named after Prospero's daughter in William Shakespeare's play The Tempest.
		Miranda's surface may be mostly water ice, with the low density body being made of silicate rock and methane-related organic compounds.
		Miranda's surface is criss-crossed by huge canyons up to 20 kilometres (12 miles) deep, with patchwork regions of broken terrain indicating intense geological activity in the moon's past.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /miranda_(moon).htm (150 words)

	Encyclopedia: Stephano (moon) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Uranus' moons Atmospheric characteristics Atmospheric pressure 120 kPa Hydrogen 83% Helium 15% Methane 1.
		Atmospheric pressure 0 kPa Umbriel (um-bree-ul) is a moon of Uranus discovered on 1851-10-24 by William Lassell.
		Atmospheric pressure 0 kPa Prospero (pros-pur-oe) is a relatively small natural satellite of the planet Uranus named after the sorcerer in William Shakespeares play The Tempest.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Stephano-%28moon%29 (1287 words)

	Encyclopedia: Uranus (planet) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The argument of the perihelion is one of the orbital elements describing the orbit of a planet.
		Atmospheric pressure 0 kPa Bianca (bi ANG ka) is a moon of Uranus.
		Atmospheric pressure 0 kPa Desdemona (DEZ de MO na) is a moon of Uranus.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Uranus-(planet) (5002 words)

	prospero (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Prospero and Miranda survived on the boat and found exile on a small island where he learned sorcery.
		By chance, Antonio sails near this island and Prospero conjures a storm that forces him (and other characters) ashore.
		Because of his powers, some believe that Prospero represents Shakespeare or God.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /Prospero.html (285 words)

	Caliban and Sycorax, Moons of Uranus
		He was a deformed son of the witch Sycorax who imprisoned the fairy Ariel (a moon of Uranus) for disobedience.
		The circular orbits of the outermost two previously known moons (Titania and Oberon) surround the planet, and appear as ellipses because the orbits viewed from Earth are somewhat edge on.
		The fainter moon was discovered almost directly east of the planet (note that east is to the left when looking up at the sky while facing south).
	www.solarviews.com /eng/caliban.htm (764 words)

	Moons in the Solar System
		A moon is a natural satellite, or object that orbits a planet.
		The inner planets have few or no moons.
		Moon counts and information as of October, 2002.
	www.harcourtschool.com /activity/moons (53 words)

	Prospero (moon) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Prospero (pros'-pur-oe) is a relatively small natural satellite of the planet Uranus named after the sorcerer in William Shakespeare's play The Tempest.
		As of 2005, little is known about this irregular satellite.
		Because of its small size, recent discovery, and the nature of its orbit, there is a lot of conflicting information on Prospero.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Prospero_%28moon%29 (99 words)

	Encyclopedia: Prospero (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The protagonist is the central figure of a story, and is often referred to as a storys main character.
		Caliban is a fictional character in William Shakespeares The Tempest, a deformed servant to Prospero.
		It is likely that the character was based on or at least inspired by Thomas Harriot, a philosopher and scientist with a reputation as a magician in Shakespeare's time.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Prospero (586 words)

	Prospero -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Prospero is the (The principal character in a work of fiction) protagonist in (additional info and facts about The Tempest) The Tempest, a (A dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage) play by (English poet and dramatist considered one of the greatest English writers (1564-1616)) William Shakespeare.
		He had learned (The belief in magical spells that harness occult forces or evil spirits to produce unnatural effects in the world) sorcery and while on the island he uses it to control the other characters.
		It is likely that the character was based on or at least inspired by (additional info and facts about John Dee) John Dee, a (A specialist in philosophy) philosopher with a reputation as a (Someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience) magician in Shakespeare's time.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/P/Pr/Prospero.htm (243 words)

	RENAISSANCE forum Volume 1 Number 2, September 1996: Steven Marx (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Prospero also recalls the revolt of Caliban, the island's primitive inhabitant whose brutish nature he had attempted to elevate until the monster sought to retake control of the island by raping Prospero's daughter and peopling it with his own offspring.
		Prospero's brother and his cronies remove him from his dukedom, try to kill him and allow him to be abandoned at sea in a leaky boat which ends up marooned on the island.
		In Prospero's Books, this pledge is presented in a beautiful transition linking it to the Alonso plotline, as Ferdinand appears on the steps of the Library atrium, naked except for a loincloth, exhausted and wounded, and Miranda holds him, her dress exposing her shoulders, in the posture of a Pieta.
	www.hull.ac.uk /Hull/EL_Web/renforum/v1no2/marx.htm (9120 words)

	Space Today Online - Moons of the Solar System
		The Moon is one of the larger natural satellites with a diameter of 2,160 miles.
		The moons are 120,000 miles and 131,000 miles from the center of planet Saturn between the moons Mimas and Enceladus.
		The smallest moon is Deimos, at Mars, only seven miles in diameter, although its size now is rivaled by the small shepherd moons discovered by Cassini at Saturn and by others yet to be counted and named in the rings around Jupiter, Saturn and other giant gas planets in the outer Solar System.
	www.spacetoday.org /SolSys/Moons/MoonsSolSys.html (1335 words)

	Prospero (Mond) - netlexikon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Prospero ist einer der kleineren äußeren Monde des Planeten Uranus.
		Prospero umkreist Uranus in einem mittleren Abstand von 16.418.000 km in rund 1977 Tagen und 7 Stunden auf einer stark exzentrischen Bahn.
		Ariel \| Belinda \| Bianca \| Caliban \| Cordelia \| Cressida \| Desdemona \| Juliet \| Miranda \| Oberon \| Ophelia \| Portia \| Prospero \| Puck \| Rosalind \| Setebos \| Stephano \| Sycorax \| Titania \| Trinculo \| Umbriel
	www.lexikon-definition.de /Prospero-%28Mond%29.html (255 words)

	Prospero (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Prospero and Miranda survived the boat and found exile on a island where he learned sorcery.
		Prospero is also a global file system on the Virtual System Model and the used to implement the file system.
		Prospero's Kitchen: Mediterranean Cooking of the Ionian Islands from Corfu to Kythera
	www.freeglossary.com /Prospero (451 words)

	Prospero (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		He was the duke of Milan who (with his daughter, Miranda) was sent off on a boat to die by his brother Antonio so that he could becomeduke.
		It is likely that the character was based on orat least inspired by John Dee, a philosopher with a reputation as a magician in Shakespeare's time.
		Prospero is also a global file system based on the Virtual System Model, and the protocol used to implementthe file system.
	www.therfcc.org /prospero-179781.html (234 words)

	Prospero (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Her father Prospero (Jeffery Dujardin '07) explains, "By Providence divineâ¦ Some food we had and some fresh watersâ¦" With these words, so near to our own...
		When the storm settles, the hapless passengers have been scattered on a strange island ruled by the powerful Prospero.
		Muriel J. Bonertz's Prospero blends masculine bravado with a maternal spirit that is at once riveting and disconcerting.
	www.wikiverse.org /prospero (349 words)

	Miranda, A Moon of Uranus
		The younger regions might have been produced by incomplete differentiation of the moon, a process in which upwelling of lighter material surfaced in limited areas.
		After each shattering the moon would have reassembled from the remains of its former self with portions of the core exposed and portions of the surface buried.
		It is believed that an additional heat source such as tidal heating caused by the gravitational tug of Uranus must have been involved.
	www.solarviews.com /eng/miranda.htm (1214 words)

	The Moons of the Solar System — Prospero (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Prospero is the Duke of Milan in Shakespeare's "The Tempest".
		Prospero's orbital parameters may be subject to change since it revolves in such a great distance from Uranus that its motion is easily disturbed by such factors like the gravity of the Sun.
		An interesting feature of Prospero is that although the pericenter of its orbit lies closer to Uranus than of Setebos, at its apocenter it becomes the most distant of all known moons of Uranus!
	www.republika.pl /ksiezyce/uranus/prospero_en.html (406 words)

	Miranda
		Miranda is a daughter of the magician Prospero in Shakespeare's The Tempest.
		Voyager 2 was forced to fly close to Uranus in order to get the boost it needed to go on to Neptune and due to the orientation of the whole system at almost right angles to the ecliptic only Miranda was approached closely.
		It is actually possible to see Uranus's 4 largest moons with an amateur telescope, but Miranda is a real challenge.
	seds.lpl.arizona.edu /billa/tnp/miranda.html (457 words)

	Prospero (Mond) -- Prospero Entdeckung Entdecker Matthew Holman ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Prospero ist ein Zauberer aus Shakespeares Komödie Der Sturm.
		Prospero umkreist Uranus in einem mittleren Abstand von 16.418.000 km in 1992 Tagen.
		Prospero hat einen Durchmesser von etwa 30 km.
	prospero_mond.exsudo.de (162 words)

	Prospero (lune) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Prospero (U XVIII Prospero) est un satellite d'Uranus.
		Prospero fut découvert en 1999 par l'équipe de Matthew J. Holman.
		Le nom Prospero vient du sorcier, duc de Milan dans la pièce La Tempête de William Shakespeare.
	prospero-lune.fr.exsugo.org (343 words)

	Moons of the Giant Planets
		To examine images of a sampling of the moons of the giant planets and summarize the major features; to distinguish these features from those of the Moon; to examine the atmosphere of Saturn's moon Titan.
		Miranda [mih-RAN-dah] is not one of the larger satellites of Uranus; however, it was the one that was approached the closest by Voyager 2.
		The moon Triton is similarly "made in two parts." The orbit of Triton is currently circular, but it probably was not so early on.
	www.astro.washington.edu /labs/clearinghouse/labs/GiantPlanets/moonsgiants.html (1655 words)

	Miranda (moon) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Miranda's surface may be mostly water ice, with the low density body being made of silicate rock and methane -related organic compounds.
		Miranda's surface is criss-crossed by huge canyons up to 20 kilometres (12 miles) deep, with patchwork regions of broken terrain indicating intense geological activityin the moon's past.
		It is thought that this activity is likely powered by tidalforces from Uranus, but another theory suggests that Miranda was at some point struck by a massive object that partiallyshattered the moon.
	www.therfcc.org /miranda-moon--33785.html (137 words)

	Exploring the Solar System -- Moons
		Earth's Moon is one of the larger natural satellites with a diameter of 2,160 miles.
		Saturn's moon Titan, shown at left in a Voyager 2 photo, is the second largest moon in the Solar System with a diameter of 3,200 miles.
		The smallest moon is Deimos, one of two moons of Mars.
	www.spacetoday.org /SolSys/ExploringSolarSystem/ExploringMoons.html (280 words)

	Articles - Prospero (disambiguation) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Prospero is also the protagonist of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death".
		Prospero, homeworld to the Thousand Sons legion of space marines in Warhammer 40,000.
		Prospero, a protein regulating the cell fate in the development of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster neuroblasts.
	www.ranau.net /articles/Prospero_%28disambiguation%29 (197 words)

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